Pricing
Free to build. Pay only to execute.
Building and editing workflows is always free. You pay only for execution: 1 credit = $0.01, no hidden fees. Pick a plan for recurring compute or top up credits as you go.
Credit model
1 credit = $0.01
Credits are the universal unit of execution, the same whether you run a quick QC pass or a RAM-heavy assembly. Unused credits stay in your balance.
Free
For students and hobbyists exploring workflows
Free forever
- Unlimited workflow editing
- Workflow versioning
- Community support (Discord)
- 800+ bioinformatics nodes
- 22 official templates
- Workflow sharing (public)
Starter
For individual researchers and grad students
- Everything in Free
- Choose any CPU & RAM per job
- All platform features
- Pay-as-you-go AI (from credits)
- Metered storage
- Email support
Professional
For active researchers and small labs
- Everything in Starter
- Priority email + chat support
- Team sharing (up to 3 members)
- Usage analytics
Team
For research labs and biotech startups
- Everything in Professional
- 5 team members included
- Private team workspaces
- Dedicated Slack channel
- Usage analytics
- Registry service access when available
Enterprise
For biotech companies and core facilities
- Everything in Team
- Unlimited team members
- SSO / SAML authentication
- SCIM directory sync
- Full audit logs (SIEM-ready)
- Formal audit certification planned
- Custom data residency
- Dedicated account manager
1 credit = $0.01. Build and edit workflows for free. You only spend credits when a workflow runs in the cloud.
How Credits Work
1 credit = $0.01. You choose the exact CPU and RAM for each job and pay per second of execution, with no presets and no idle charges. Storage and AI are billed the same way, straight from your credits.
Example jobs (you choose any size)
- 2 vCPU / 16 GBLight QC / small BAM$0.112/hr(11 cr/hr)
- 8 vCPU / 64 GBAlignment / variant calling$0.449/hr(45 cr/hr)
- 32 vCPU / 256 GBAssembly / large cohort$1.797/hr(180 cr/hr)
Free plan is capped at 4 vCPU / 16 GB and 5 GB storage. Paid plans let you choose any size, and you only pay for what you run.
Cheaper than the cloud you'd rent yourself
Pick any CPU and RAM. You're billed by the second from credits, about 11% below AWS on-demand for the same hardware, with no instance juggling. Billing covers the time your run holds a machine, including start-up, and start-up billing is capped so a slow scheduler is our problem, not yours.
| Configuration | AWS on-demand | BioNodulo | You save |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 vCPU / 16 GB | $0.126/hr | $0.112/hr | 11% |
| 4 vCPU / 32 GB | $0.252/hr | $0.225/hr | 11% |
| 8 vCPU / 64 GB | $0.504/hr | $0.449/hr | 11% |
| 16 vCPU / 128 GB | $1.008/hr | $0.899/hr | 11% |
| 32 vCPU / 256 GB | $2.016/hr | $1.797/hr | 11% |
| 64 vCPU / 512 GB | $4.032/hr | $3.594/hr | 11% |
AWS prices are r7i on-demand list rates (us-east-1). BioNodulo bills from credits (1 credit = $0.01) at the same per-vCPU/RAM rate for any custom size.
Free AI, built in
Analyze papers and build workflows with a hosted model, included free on every plan, no API key required. No separate AI plan, no per-token bills.
Hosted AI assistant
Free
A state-of-the-art model lives in the editor: it reads your graph, drafts and validates nodes, runs the workflow, and fixes what broke. Subject to a shared daily fair-use quota that resets at 00:00 UTC.
Bring your own key
Your choice
Prefer a specific model? Add your own API key in Settings and the assistant runs on the GPT or Claude model you trust. Your key never leaves your machine except to your provider.
AI Paper Analysis
Free
Paste a DOI and get a structured breakdown plus an editable pipeline scaffold, no account needed. Subject to a daily fair-use limit so the service stays fast for everyone.
Compare Plans
Every feature, side by side. All plans include unlimited free workflow editing.
| Feature | Free | Starter | Professional | Team | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | |||||
| Monthly price | $0 | $29 | $79 | $199 | Custom |
| Annual price (per mo) | $0 | $24 | $66 | $165 | Custom |
| Monthly credits | 200 | 3,400 | 9,400 | 23,700 | Custom |
| Compute | |||||
| Choose your own CPU & RAM | Up to 4 vCPU / 16 GB | ||||
| Billed from credits (pay-as-you-go) | |||||
| Concurrent jobs | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | Custom |
| Features | |||||
| Visual workflow editor | |||||
| 800+ bioinformatics nodes | |||||
| 22 official workflow templates | |||||
| All platform features | Limited | ||||
| Workflow versioning | |||||
| Usage analytics | |||||
| Storage & AI (pay-as-you-go from credits) | |||||
| Storage | 5 GB included, then metered | Metered | Metered | Metered | Unlimited |
| AI assistant (hosted SOTA model) | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free |
| AI Paper Analysis | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free |
| Collaboration | |||||
| Public workflow sharing | |||||
| Team members included | 1 | 1 | Up to 3 | 5 | Unlimited |
| Private team workspaces | |||||
| Security & Support | |||||
| Support | Community | Priority email + chat | Dedicated Slack | Account manager | |
| SSO / SAML | |||||
| SCIM directory sync | |||||
| Audit logs (SIEM-ready) | |||||
| Formal audit certification | Planned | ||||
| Enterprise SLA | Contract | ||||
Pay-As-You-Go Top-Ups
Top-up packages are planned for teams that need extra execution credits beyond their monthly plan. Bigger packages can include bonus credits once billing is fully wired.
Small
No bonus
$0.0100 / credit effective
Medium
+10% bonus (250 free)
$0.0090 / credit effective
Large
+20% bonus (1,000 free)
$0.0080 / credit effective
XLarge
+30% bonus (3,000 free)
$0.0077 / credit effective
Top-up packages are shown for reference. Purchase them anytime from your billing dashboard once cloud billing and auto-top-up are fully available.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about credits, billing, and plans.
Start building for free.
Design and edit unlimited workflows at no cost. Add credits only when you're ready to run, or talk to us about a plan for your team.